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By Marie-Louise Connolly
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image captionRobin Swann issued a stark warning about NI s health service to UUP colleagues
Party political point-scoring could be the death knell for Northern Ireland s health service, the health minister has said.
The warning comes as the public are warned to use emergency services appropriately .
Robin Swann s strongly worded message was made during a speech to Ulster Unionist assembly members.
He also warned that fixing the health service will require unprecedented collective action from the executive .
While Mr Swann has spoken about a broken health service in his capacity as health minister, this is the first time he has warned party colleagues about the whole system being in big trouble .